The Cobra meeting was attended by ministers from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Home Office, and Department for Health, as well as the Environment Agency.There has ...

New vape shops will require planning permission and councils will get more powers to stop betting shops, under government plans aimed at improving high streets.Prime Minister Andy Burnham said ...

More than 1,900 small high street businesses including mini-marts, vape shops and car washes are licensed to sponsor foreign workers under a specialist scheme intended for high-earning individuals despite ...

The charity says it is facing "an exceptionally challenging trading environment". Source link

It follows BBC News exposing drug gangs, money laundering, immigration crime, and ghost directors linked to shop fronts. Source link

Steven Booth, 41, who was waiting in Crook's chippy to buy his lunch, said: "My wife is from Thailand and over there catfish is often on the menu, it's ...

Miles DavisDevon political reporter, Newton AbbotBBCHayley Kyte has been put off expanding her business because of rising ratesIndependent traders in a Devon town are deeply concerned about an increase ...

Police are raiding more than 150 high street businesses in Scotland as part of a major operation against organised crime.Officers targeted convenience stores, barbers and vape shops suspected of ...

All 1,287 Betfred shops could disappear from the UK High Street if Chancellor Rachel Reeves hikes taxes on gambling firms, the company's co-founder and chairman has told the BBC.Fred ...

Rachel ClunBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesRiver Island has been given the green light to close 33 stores across the UK after the High Court approved the fashion retailer's restructuring ...

Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesRiver Island plans to close 33 shops in the UK in a move which puts hundreds of jobs at risk.The clothing retailer said more ...

Faarea MasudBBC Business reporterGetty ImagesStruggling budget chain Poundland has been sold for £1 and now faces a shake-up which could see up to 100 stores close, the BBC understands.Its ...